Turkish - A Comprehensive Grammar

Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar has been extensively revised in this second edition to provide a complete reference guide to modern Turkish grammar, presenting an accessible description of the language with a thorough description of the sound system, intonation patterns, word structure and sentence structure of Turkish.

List of contents

Introduction (Second edition)
Introduction (First edition)
Abbreviations
List of conventions observed in this book
The Turkish alphabet and writing conventions
Part 1: Phonology: the sound system
1 Phonological units
2 Sound changes produced in the word by suffixation
3 Vowel harmony
4 Stress in words and phrases
5 Intonation and sentence stress
Part 2: Morphology: the structure of words
6 Principles of suffixation
7 Word classes, derivation and derivational suffixes
8 Inflectional suffixes
9 Reduplication
10 Noun compounds
11 Clitics
Part 3: Syntax: the structure of sentences
12 Simple and complex sentences
13 The verb phrase
14 The noun phrase
15 Adjectival constructions, determiners and numerals
16 Adverbial constructions
17 Postpositional phrases
18 Pronouns and pronominal constructions
19 Questions
20 Negation
21 Tense, aspect and modality
22 Definiteness, specificity and generic reference
23 Word order
24 Noun clauses
25 Relative clauses
26 Adverbial clauses
27 Conditional sentences
28 Conjunctions, co-ordination and discourse connection
Appendix 1 Reduplicated stems
Appendix 2 Tense, aspect and modality markers
Glossary of grammatical terms
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Asl¿ Göksel is an independent researcher and former Professor of Linguistics at Böaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Celia Kerslake was University Lecturer and Emeritus Fellow of Turkish, St Antony's College, Oxford University, UK.

Summary

Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar has been extensively revised in this second edition to provide a complete reference guide to modern Turkish grammar, presenting an accessible description of the language with a thorough description of the sound system, intonation patterns, word structure and sentence structure of Turkish.

Product details

• Authors: Asli Kerslake Goksel, Aslı Göksel, Celia Kerslake, Kerslake Celia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 07.02.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9781138350533
• ISBN: 978-1-138-35053-3
• No. of pages: 600
• Series: Routledge Comprehensive Grammars
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Turkish & Turkic Languages, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, turkish, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Turkish;grammar;syntax;morphology;intonation;sound system